Illuminating compact



Jan. 8, 1946. n M ARQNEK i 2,392,516.

`Il .LUMIrm'rING COMPACT Filed-oct. 23,- 1944- a G"- 'GLLG ,el J. Q* "l,a sll I u I l N I Ill Il l 0 ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 8, 1946 vvUNITEDSTATESl Parleur orrlcl:A

Mail Aronek, New York, N. Y. Application October 23, 1944, Serial No.'559,924

s claims. (ci. 24o-6.45)

This invention relates to a compact for powder or other cosmeticaccessories and has orits primary object the provision of such a compactarranged to accommodate a battery and bulb to illuminate the users faceand so organized as to be capable of manufacture and assembly at aminimum cost.

With the above and other objects in view, as will hereinafter appear,the invention comprises the devices, combinations and arrangements ofparts hereinafter set forth and illustrated in the accompanying drawingof a preferred embodiment of the invention, from which the severalfeatures of the invention and the advantages attained thereby will bereadily understood by those skilled in the art.

In the accompanying drawing Fig.A 1 is a perspective view of thepreferred form of compact according to theinvention, it being shownopen, Fig. 2 is a section through the compact when closed, the sectionbeing as on the line 2 2 'of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of theinterior elements, and Fig. 4 is a broken-out sectional view on the line4-4 of Fig. 3.

The compact comprises a container or shallow box I having a hinged cover2 in which is suitably secured a mirror 3.

The mouth of the container is substantially closed by a partition 4having depending side and end walls 5 closely tting Within the containerwalls and dimensioned to space the partition from the bottom of thecontainer, as shown.

Intermediate its ends the partition is formed with one or more wells,such as 6 and 1, to receive powder, puff or the like; and adjacentits'ends the partition is provided with raised wall portions.

Thus, at the front end, the partition is slit and bent upwardly, as at8, to form a reflector for a bulb 9 mounted in the compartment orspacedirectly beneath the reflector. And at its other or rear end thepartition is raised, as at III, to form the upper wall of a compartment,to receive one ormore'batteries II, II'. As shown, the raised portion IIi'may be in the form of a battery compartment cover, hinged at I2, toprovide ready access to the battery or batteries for replacement.

Directly beneath thel wells 6 and 1 and terminating short of the bulband battery compartments is an insulating member I3 in the under` sideof which is a. recess I4 in which is slidably mounted a switch contactmember I5. 'I'he contact member is supported by a stud I6 which extendsup through suitable slots in the insulating member and partition andterminates in an operating button I1 on the upper side of the partition.

secured to the underside or the insluiting member I3 -are conductormembers arranged to pass from the battery compartment, tothe switch andthence to the bulb compartment. In the arseries From one side of batteryII a conductor strip I9 passes directly to the bulb compartment whereinit is suitably formed to provide a socket 2 0 to receive one end of bulb9. From the opposite side or end of battery I I a conductor strip 2lpasses to the recess I4, terminating therein in a spring contact ear 22.Another conductor strip 2.3, having a companion contact ear 24 locatedin recess I4, is secured to the underside of insulating member I4 andextends to the bulb compartment where it terminates in a socket 25 toreceive the other end of bulb 9. Thus, as will be understood, the bulbcircuit is opened or closed by sliding button I1 back and forth from theillustrated, open circuit to the closed circuit position in which thecontact piece I5 bridges the spring ears 22, 24. At 26 is indicated athin sheet of insulating material laid over the entire bottom of thecontainer I.

As will be observed, the switch member, comprising contact I5, stud I6and button I1 serves to unite the partition and insulating member, thewhole thus constituting a simple conveniently assembled unit bodilyinsertable into the container, being secured therein as by the snug iltand resiliency of the depending walls 5, or soldered or otherwisesecured as may be preferred. i

. the over-al1 thickness of the major part of the compact is desired tobe lessfthan sufilcient to accommodate the full thickness of thebatteries,

the cover is recessed, as at 2l, to accommodate the raised wall portionI0 of the partition.

In the light of the foregoing description of the preferred form of theinvention. the following is claimed:

1. In a compact including-a container and a cover therefor, thecombination of a partition adapted to form a closure for the mouth ofthe container and having e. well formed therein, an insulating memberbeneath the we1l,-said well and insulating member terminating short ofopposite ends of the container to form at such ends, respectively, bulband battery compartments, a recess in the underside ofthe insulatingmember, e, switch member slidably mounted in the recess, and conductormembers secured to the from the battery compartment, tn said recess andto the bulb compartment.

2." In a compact including a container and a vcover therefor, thecombination of a parution adapted to form a closure for the -mouth ko!the container and having a well formed therein, an

insulating member beneath the well, the partition having a raised wallportion adjacent one end of the container beyond the well and insulatingmember forming a battery compartment, and a raised wall portion adjacentthe other end of the container to form a bulb compartment and reector, arecess in the underside ofthe insulating member, a switch memberslidably mounted in the recess, and conductor members secured to theunderside of the insulating member extending from the battery comparti2,392,516 l underside of the insulating member extending ment,It'o\`said recess and to the ,bulb .compartment.

3. In a compact including a container and a cover therefor, a unitaryinsert for the lcontainer comprising a partition adapted to form aclosure for the mouthof the container and having depending walls ttingwithin the container walls.

said ,partition having raised wall portions at opposite ends thereof toform respectively, with the container, bulb and battery compartments, aninsulating member beneath the partition and terminating short of saidcompartments, conductor members secured to the insulating mein-4 ber andextending from the battery compart ment to the bulb compartment, andswitch means' extending through and securing against separation thepartition and the insulating member.

v MAX ARONEK.

